History of Persian Egypt

History of Egypt
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The history of Persian Egypt is divided into three eras:

• Achaemenid Egypt (525–402 BCE and 343–332 BCE), referring to two periods of Achaemenid rule punctuated by an interval of independence
• Sassanid conquest of Egypt (618–629 CE), referring to a third period of occupation by the Sassanid Empire, immediately before the Muslim invasions